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to a family of a builder. From 1957 to 1962 he studied Slovak and

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. After finishing college, he worked as an editor at the publishing house Mladé letá. Between 1962 and 1965 he was an editor of the weekly '' Kultúrny Život'', then, until 1971, he worked for

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in Bratislava. From 1972 he was a

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and later a

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. He wrote the script for

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's film ''Pacho the Brigand of Hybe'' (based on his short story), the script of

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's ''A Thousand-year-old Bee'' (also based on a Jaroš work) and others, for which he was awarded internationally (

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in the

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, Union Critics Prize at the

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). From 1992-1994 he was a Party of the Democratic Left Member of the

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From 1996 to 1999 he worked in the National Centre for Slovak Literature. At present he works in the National Centre for Edification in Bratislava.

Selected works

Novels: * ''Afternoon on Terrace'' * ''Millennial bee'' * ''Mute ear, Dumb eye'' Stories: * "A Thousand-year-old Bee" (1983) * "Snow Underfoot" (1978) * "Pacho the Brigand of Hybe" (1975) Screenplay: * ''

A Thousand-year-old Bee ''The Millennial Bee'' (, also known in English as ''The Bee Millennium''), is a 1983 film made and produced in Czechoslovakia, West Germany and Austria. The film is based on a novel written by Peter Jaroš and was directed by Juraj Jakubisko. The ...

'' (1983) * ''A day of solstice'' (1974) Plays: * ''Price Courage'' (1986) * ''Glasshouse Venus'' (1985)

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* 1940 births Living people People from Liptovský Mikuláš District Party of the Democratic Left (Slovakia) politicians Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1992–1994 Slovak dramatists and playwrights Slovak short story writers {{slovakia-writer-stub